When you’re hearing a briefing from a IT company, it’s easy to get bogged down in new features, architectural changes, and value propositions. What often gets lost when taking a high level overview is the actual implementation and living with a solution long term. Jake Snyder does a great job illustrating the licensing morass that […]
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Jake’s Rules of Wi-FI Design
Jake Snyder of Transmit Failure comments: One of the guiding principals of the my wireless career has been to engineer wireless networks that meet my customer’s goals. In order to achieve this, I had to break down some of the complexity of RF design into rules to help myself design wireless networks. This is not […]
The Use of NAT Mode on Meraki MR Access Points
Jake Snyder of Transmit Failure comments: In networking, I find myself looking at certain features of wireless equipment and asking myself under what circumstance would I implement this feature for a customer. I try to come up with a list of Pros and Cons as to when it’s appropriate. One that popped up recently was […]
Avaya: Building the Shortest Path Bridge
Jake Snyder of Transmit Failure writes: I know there are a few delegates out there who weren’t overly enthusiastic about Avaya’s very network-centric presentation and wanted to “Get to the Wi-Fi.” But one thing we sometimes forget is that there is no Wi-Fi without the underlying network for that data to run on. I honestly […]
Teaser: Project Rawrbox – My idea for remote wireless diagnostics
Jake Snyder of Transmit Failure comments: So I’m sure everyone has noticed that the blog has quieted down a bit since #WFD6. I could tell you that work’s been busy, that I’ve completed my CCIE-W (#43153), but those are excuses. I will put some more focus into the blog for the next few months as […]
Why SDN is coming to a wireless network near you
Jake Snyder of Transmit Failure comments: We are literally days away from the 7th installment of Wireless Field Day. I’m really hoping (borderline begging) to hear a couple vendors talk about their Software Defined Network (SDN) solutions. Now before you hop on the “Shut-up about SDN” bandwagon, here’s why I see this as a hot […]
Thoughts on Eliminating VLANs at the Access-Layer Edge
Jake Snyder of Transmit Failure comments: There’s a lot of talk in the industry about getting away from VLAN segmentation and relying on stateful firewalls at our access-layer edge to govern control over what users have access to. This is a great idea, it solves issues with IPv6 and it simplifies network design. But there […]
Airtight Networks: A look at WIPS – Part 1
Jake Snyder of Transmit Failure comments: When it comes to security, I have a personal motto: Think maliciously, act responsibly. I really enjoy trying to manipulate clients, exploiting behavior and finding ways to prevent it in the “real world”. Great post about the AirTight WIPS presentation from Wireless Field Day 6. Read more at: Airtight […]
WLW051 – It’s All About the People
Keith Parsons of Wireless LAN Pros writes: In this week’s episode, our main topic is “It’s All About the People” with Devin Akin. We’ll discuss Radio Tap Headers in our tutorial, and lookup the term “Pre-shared Key” in our Geek Glossary. Finally we’ll get to know just WhoIs Blake Krone. A great podcast about the […]
The Next Adventure: Wireless Field Day 5
Jake Snyder from Transmit Failure comments on WFD5: So in just over 8 days I will be heading to San Jose for Wireless Field Day 5. I’ve been a long time follower of the Tech Field Day events, it has been a great way for me to gain exposure to other parts of the industry […]